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Court Decision/Filing ‘Retribution’: Trump illegally stripped collective bargaining from federal workers for ‘fighting back’ against mass terminations, lawsuit says

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/retribution-trump-illegally-stripped-collective-bargaining-from-federal-workers-for-fighting-back-against-mass-terminations-lawsuit-says/
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u/PsychLegalMind 4d ago

The Statute NTEU [The Union] rests on Congress’s explicit finding that “the statutory protection of the right of employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate through labor organizations of their own choosing in decisions which affect them . . . safeguards the public interest.” 5 U.S.C. § 7101(a)(1).

Trump relies on the fact that Congress specifically excluded some agencies or offices within agencies from the Statute, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 5 U.S.C. § 7103(a)(3).

Here the attack by the Executive Order far exceeds the exemption granted to the Executive. The wholesale targeting includes employees of Department of health and Human Services, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and more than a dozen others. The ultimate goal of the president is to make it easier for Executive to fire career federal employees.